VISIT STATE HEALTH COMPARE
Publication
Understanding 1-, 3-, and 5-year ACS Estimates: Summary Tabulations and Public Use Files
SHADAC Issue Brief #32 describes the differences between the American Community Survey's 1-, 3- and 5-year these data products, provides guidance on when to use single-year vs. multi-year estimates, and provides some technical details about the multi-year files. September 2012.
Files
Publication
Framework for Tracking the Impacts of the ACA in California
Julie Sonier presented "Framework for Tracking the Impacts of the ACA in California" at the Dialogue4Health Data for Evaluating Health Webinar on September 19, 2012.
Publication
SHADAC Webinar on 2011 ACS & CPS State Health Insurance Estimates
The health insurance estimates from the 2012 CPS, reflecting calendar year 2011, were released on September 12, 2012. The estimates from the 2011 ACS were released on September 20.
Webinar Resources:
- Presentation slides
- ACS state-level coverage estimates compiled from American FactFinder
- SHADAC's brief, Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured, September 2012.
- SHADAC's brief, Understanding 1-, 3-, and 5-year ACS Estimates: Summary Tabulations and Public Use Files, September 2012.
- Census Bureau's Health Insurance web page
- Census Bureau report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance coverage in the United States: 2011
- Census Bureau ACS brief: Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults Aged 19 to 25: 2008, 2009, and 2011
- American FactFinder
Publication
Immigrants, Coverage, and the Affordable Care Act
Presentation by Lynn Blewett, "Immigrants and Coverage; Affordable Care Act" at the Safe Table Forum: Health Care Access for Immigrants in Washington State, The Implications and Potential of Health System Reform, held August 23, 2012, in Seattle, WA.
This presentation provides an overview of citizen/immigrant definitions, estimates of foreign-born by type of immigration status, the impact of ACA coverage expansions, and implications for states and locals safety net programs.
Publication
Framework for Tracking the Impacts of the ACA in CA
Presentation by Julie Sonier, "Framework for Tracking the Impacts of the ACA in California," made to the Let's Get Healthy California Task Force webinar held August 14, 2012. This webinar focused on how California can measure and monitor the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in health insurance coverage and access to health care.
